Brett Barker, PharmD, earned a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Iowa and began his career as the Pharmacist-in-Charge of a community pharmacy in small-town Iowa. Dr. Barker currently oversees the operations of 26 pharmacies, including eight telepharmacies, as vice president of operations for NuCara Management Group. In this role, he attained approval from the Iowa Board of Pharmacy to open the second telepharmacy pilot in the state, in Zearing, Iowa, in 2012. In 2014, Dr. Barker opened the first hybrid telepharmacy pilot in State Center, Iowa. He served on the Iowa Pharmacy Association Legislative Advisory Committee (2008-2016), Board of Trustees (2015-2017), Joint Telepharmacy Task Force, and Senior Policy Advisor (2022-2024) and worked to pass updated telepharmacy legislation in Iowa in 2016. In 2017, he was appointed to the Iowa Board of Pharmacy, including serving as Board Chair, which adopted new telepharmacy rules. He is the Vice Chair of the Health and Human Services Committee in the House of Representatives of Iowa’s 91st General Assembly. Dr. Barker has presented multiple continuing education classes on the topic of telepharmacy, including at the Midwest Pharmacy Expo, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, and the National Community Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting.